Shipping-tag.



PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903. J. 0. KIMSEY. SHIPPING TAG.

APPLICATION IfILED T13R27, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SHIPPING-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,042, dated September 1-, 1903.

Application filed February 27, 1903- Serial No. 145,329. (No model.) 7

To to whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. KIMSEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Tags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a shipping-tag which in addition to its ordinary use*that of containing the and dresses of the consignor and consignee-will also have a number of extra surfaces, upon which advertising matter may be printed, the said latter surfaces, and consequently the advertising matter thereon, being exposed only when the folded tag is severed.

A further object of the invention is to produce a cheap tag that shall possess the body required in a shipping-tag and which may be made up of comparatively thin paper, it being folded upon itself in such manner as to have the appearance of a single-thick tag and capable of'providing several leaves by tearing along one of its folds, which leaves are held together by the means by which the string is secured to the tag.

The invention consists, therefore, in a shipping-tag composed of several leaves or thicknesses connected at'both ends to provide practically a single tag, the strip from which the tag is formed being so folded that by severing said tag at one of its folds several connected leaves are provided, all as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the appended claims. I

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view I of a shipping-tag constructed in accordance with my invention, showing same in its original condition. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the tag severed to provide several connected leaves. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the blank from which the tag is made.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views of the drawings.

' In making up my improved shipping-tag a narrow strip of paper is used, as A, Fig. 3,

and the end portions of said strip are folded toward the center on the lines a a, so that the ends of the strip will meet at the center, or approximately so, after which the strip is folded at the center on the line a. This provides four thicknesses of the paper in the make-up of the tag, which are held together at one end by the single fold a and at the other end, where the two folds a come together, is secured by staples b b or other suit able means for connecting the string to the tag. Before folding the strip I prefer that the inner surface thereof'be gummed at either side of the fold-lines a, a, so that when folded on said lines the material will be glued together at this point to provide a body for the engagement of the staples.

It will be noted that the complete tag when made up as herein shown and described consists of four thicknesses, which are held together at one end by a single fold of the material and at the other end either by glue or the means of attachment for the string, presenting a tag having all the appearances of an ordinary single-thick tag and which may be used in the ordinary manner. It is purposed that the inner surfaces of the outer leaves, as well as both sides of the inner leaves, contain advertising matter, so that after its use in shipping an article it may be severed on the fold-line a and will then present practically a book with four leaves. It is possible, however, to use a longer strip and fold same to provide a greater number of leaves, and after the tag is formed in the manner hereinbefore described it may be cut in any shape desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A shipping-tag having at one end means for attachment to a string made up of a single strip of paper folded inward at its ends and upon itself centrally, the end made up of the two folded portions being connected by said means of attachment while the opposite end is connected by a fold of the paper.

2. A shipping-tag having at one end means for attachment to a string made up of a single strip of paper folded inward at its ends to this specification in the presence of two and centrally upon itself, the folds at one end subscribing witnesses. being glued together and connected by said means of attachment, and the other end of the JAMES KIMSEY' 5 tag connected by a single fold, substantially Witnesses:

as shown and for the purpose set forth. E. W. OMENSETTER,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature JOHN L. MCMICHAEL. 

